[GreenKeys] WLO RTTY NEWS

[George B. Hutchison]

GreenKeyers - - -

Through the gracious accomodation of Rene Steigler, K4EDX, owner of
WLO in Mobile AL, KLB north of Seattle, and KNN in Marina Del Rey,
California, and his tecnical staff in Mobile,

---> WLO RTTY News is now on the air!! <---

We will run callbands for the next day or so, and then put on news
traffic.

Frequency is 8473.000 KHz.

Power is 1000 watts. On-Air time is 24/7.

Signal reports are of great interest to us.

Those of you who can hear and/or copy WLO RTTY NEWS are urged to
listen to WLO at various times of the day and night, and send us an
e-mail noting your location (City and State) the time of day when
you hear us, and the signal strength.

Please bear in mind that this is a commercial class of transmission,
and the mark carrier frequency is lower than the space. This is
opposite of amateur RTTY transmission, so you will either have to
adjust your receiving apparatus to use reverse tones, or tune to the
UPPER sideband.

Please send your signalreports to us at :

WLONEWS at olypen.com.

Speaking for myself, this is a dream that after perhaps 14 years is
finally coming true.

I believe it to be a bit of history, because other than the
WA9XHN/WC2XPF experimental RTTY  transmissions between 1999 and
2001, to my knowledge there has NEVER been any RTTY News
transmissions aimed at a general audience/listenership.

Because we are utilizing a maritime frequency, a portion of our
transmission day will be using SITOR-B mode, which is the same as
AMTOR-FEC.

 A fellow in the marine electronics industry was quite pleased to
hear of WLO RTTY NEWS and the inclusion of the SITOR-B mode, because
all ships are required to have SITOR-B facilities aboard and are
required to test them periodically.

He noted that the Coast Guard, who requires the tests,  is often
somewhat indifferent about assisting with SITOR-B tests, other than
the NAVTEX transmissions, and that the presence of WLO RTTY NEWS
will make his life easier.

He also stated that he was going to pass the word to all of his
maritime customers that there is a new service available for their
crews and/or passengers.

Who knows - this might turn out to be somewhat big.

Enjoy GreenKeyers - we're looking forward to your signal reports.

Thanks,

George - W7TTY- ITTY News - WLO NEWS Editor-In-Chief